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BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 39, Issue 20, Pages 6176-6182Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bi9927033
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM33309] Funding Source: Medline
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5,6-Chrysenequinone diimine (chrysi) complexes of rhodium(III) have been shown to be versatile and specific recognition agents for mismatched base pairs in DNA. The design of these compounds was based on the hypothesis that th esterically expansive chrysi ligand, which should be too wide to readily intercalate into B-DNA, would bind preferentially in the destabilized regions of the DNA helix near base mismatches. In this work, this recognition hypothesis is comprehensively explored. Comparison of the recognition patterns of the complex [Rh(bpy)(2)(chrysi)](3+) with a nonsterically demanding analogue, [Rh(bpy)(2)(phi)](3+) (phi = 9,10-phenanthrenequinone diimine), demonstrates that the chrysi ligand does disfavor binding to B-DNA and generate mismatch selectivity. Examination of mismatch recognition by [Rh(byp)(2)(chrysi)](3+) in both constant and variable sequence contexts using photocleavage assays indicates that the recognition of base mismatches is influenced by the amount that a mismatch thermodynamically destabilizes the DNA helix. Thermodynamic binding constants for the rhodium complex at a range of mismatch sites have been determined by quantitative photocleavage titration and yield values which vary from 1 x 10(6) to 20 x 10(6) M-1. These mismatch-specific binding affinities correlate with independent measurements of thermodynamic destabilization, supporting the hypothesis that helix destabilization is a factor determining the binding affinity of the metal complex for the mismatched site. Although not the only factor involved in the binding of [Rh(bpy)(2)(chrysi)](3+) to mismatch sites, a model is proposed where helix destabilization acts as the door which permits access of the sterically demanding intercalator to the base stack.
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